Info Architecture Topics: Automatic for the People Matt Mower's written a great explanation of how the K-Collector aggregation process works. KC is a very clever system and I'm pleased to hear it doesn't actually require the KC client app on Radio or MT in order for people to participate in the KC community. What I will do is continue with my own experiments with Movable Type. I already have… Richard MacManus View comments
Info Architecture More on Topic-Sharing Community There's already been a great response to my post last night (see the comments to previous entry). Greg suggested his aggregator Blogdigger could be included in this - I agree! Matt and Andrew also posted very thoughtful responses. Here's some of my feedback (copied from the comments - I must get these enabled inline...): Overnight while pondering… Richard MacManus View comments
Info Architecture Proposed Solution for ENT Topic-Sharing Community A few weeks ago I suggested merging Topic Exchange and K-Collector together, or at least bring the two sets of functionality closer together. I figure I'll take a leaf out of Marc Canter's book and try and rally the community together on this project. I'm hoping the respective developers of Topic Exchange and K-Collector can get together and figure… Richard MacManus View comments
Government RSS in New Zealand E-Government This is an article I've submitted to Computerworld NZ. I interviewed Ferry Hendrikx of the NZ E-Government Unit for this. Note that the target audience is mainstream IT people, so as well as writing about Ferry's experiences in E-Government I decided to also explain what RSS is and put it in the context of everyday IT. So here it is: <start of… Richard MacManus View comments
Publishing Services Reaching for the Golden Ring (or Getting Paid) All this hullaballoo about Movable Type's new licensing structure is just another example of one of the Web's enduring issues: how to make money on the Web when users are accustomed to free lunches. It's not just an issue for developers either, it's as bad (if not worse) for writers. But before I address that wider issue, if you were to ask me… Richard MacManus View comments